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        <title>CSS Test: The background between cell borders is the table background</title>
        <link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" />
        <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#table-layers" />
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        <meta name="assert" content="The background between cell borders (using the separated borders model) is the background of the table element." />
        <style type="text/css">
            table
            {
                background: blue;
                border-collapse: separate;
                border-spacing: 5px;
            }
            td
            {
                background: white;
                height: 2em;
                width: 2em;
            }
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        <p>Test passes if there is a three-by-three table below with blue borders.</p>
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
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